Re: shared libraries dependecy problem.

[Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>]

* Peter Samuelson [Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:01:05 -0600]:

> [Grzegorz Bizon]
> > Linda complains that:
> > W: tleenx2; A binary links against a library that is not depended on.
> > (By the way - shoudn't it be error rather than warning ?)

[snip]

> The point is that you probably don't need to link to, e.g., -lX11,
> unless you directly use functions like XOpenDisplay or XBeep.
> Typically if you are using GTK, you won't be using any of those
> low-level functions.

  I am confused. Does the warning refer to a binary linking
  (objdump-NEEDING) to a library it does not use symbols from, or to a
  binary that links (ldd-output) to a library is not Depended: on? I had
  thought the latter, in which case the correct thing to do is to turn
  the check to use objdump, and the warning into an error; but your
  comment, Peter, seems to imply the former :-?, in which case I'd like
  to suggest a change in the wording:

    W: tleenx2; A binary links against a library it does not use symbols from

  Cheers,

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